2Pac — Never Be Peace Original Version

[Verse 1: 2Pac] Now of course I want peace on the streets, but realistically Paintin' perfect pictures ain't never worked, my misery Was so deep, couldn't sleep through all my pressures In my quest for cash I learned fast, usin' violent measures Memories of adolescent years, there was unity But after puberty, we brought war to our community So many bodies droppin', it's gotta stop, I wanna help But still I'm steppin', keep my weapon, must protect myself The promise of a better tomorrow ain't never reached me Plus my teachers was too petrified in class to teach me Sippin' Thunderbird and grape Kool-Aid, callin' Earl Since my stomach was empty it seduced me to fuck the world Watch my lil' homies lose they childhoods to guns Nobody cries no more, ‘cause we all die for fun So why you ask me if I want peace if you can't grant it? Niggas fightin' across the whole planet So it could never be peace [Hook 1: 2Pac] Will there ever be peace, or are we all, just headed for doom? Still consumed by the beast? And I know there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets ‘Cause there could never be peace [Verse 2: Marvaless] No time to rest, they stressed out I can't remember the days my homie was here Now a days we live in fear, the struggle still here So now who's grabbin there strap, Who's gettin' burnt wild Representin' the generation of killers when I was a child Had many dreams, the reality kept me and my homie stressin' Tryna' raise my baby girl to be the strongest Knowin' I'm doin' wrongest I never had a bright day Just drunkless and smokin' blunts and gettin' pay day Wishin' my partner made it It was peace [?] was deceased I know there'll never be All my tears were shed when i lost my homie number three It's gettin' harder to see impossiblity should we just face it Can't get through the pain but still I can't erase it So many trials and tribulations, the things we facin' Wicked days, can't see no brighter days, it's time to chase it Cross dreams 'cause the scene is when you never get by That's why I gotta stay high, you never know when you die My heart'll never leave the ghetto I know to rise only in peace That's why I say, there ain't never goin' to be no peace End [Hook 2: 2Pac] So will there ever be peace Or are we all just headed for doom? Still consumed by the beast? And I know there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets Fool there'll never be peace [Verse 3: Storm] Livin' like lonely, but I can't even cry 'Cause visions of deceptions all around, got my eyes full of despise Who can I trust, why even try They say the world is mines, but I know it's a lie Livin' to die, set up from birth, steady dreamin' Wishin' for better days, but all I see is daemons Close my eyes and remenise of my childhood But all I felt was pain for my arrival No memories of nothin' nice Nothin' but blinder reminders of my future life I'm freakin' out, I'm gettin' closer to that other level Will I be strong with game or just a heartless devil I hope I'm able to find peace in me 'Cause there is Storm 64 inches deep in me And I try to do the right, but it's the wrong things That seem to bring me right back to this dirty game There'll never be peace [Hook 3: 2Pac] Fuck peace! Will there ever be peace, or are we all just, headed for doom? Still consumed by the beast? And I know there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets Fool, there'll never be peace Will there ever be peace, or are we all just, headed for doom? Still consumed by the beast? And I know there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walks the streets Nigga, there'll never be peace Will there ever be peace, or are we all just, headed for doom? Still consumed by the beast? And I know there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets Nigga, there'll never be peace Will there ever be peace? [Outro: 2Pac] Shit, fuck peace! On the strength 'til my niggas get a piece, we can't have peace How the fuck we gon' live happy when we ain't got nothing? You motherfuckers are smilin', but I'm mean muggin' Why? ‘Cause I gotta be thuggin' It seems drugs done turned this whole mothafuckin' hood out All us niggas actin' up, wild-ass motherfuckin' adolescents These niggas ain't even got no childhoods no more How the fuck can you have a childhood And you at the funeral every motherfuckin' weekend? Pssh, and you motherfuckers talkin' about peace? Nigga, it ain't no motherfuckin' peace You ain't seen the news motherfucker? You ain't heard? Lil' babies gettin' smoked, motherfuckers killin' they whole family Lil' kids gettin' thrown off buildings Motherfuckers gettin' abused Peace? Nigga, is you out your fuckin' mind? Fuck peace! We can't never have peace 'Til you motherfuckers clean up this mess you made 'Til you fuckin' clean up the dirt you dropped 'Til we get a piece, fuck peace! Westside, Death Row, Outlaw Immortalz, Thug Life baby You know how we do this shit That was Storm, Marvaless and Pac [Final hook: 2Pac] Will there ever be peace Or are we all just headed for doom? Still consumed by the beast? And I know there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets 'Cause there'll never be peace